My DD is having a slumber party for her 9th birthday this Saturday. She's having 3 friends over, all 8 or 9. I'm planning some games, mani/pedi/facials and a pizza bar, but I'd really like to do some kind of craft so the girls can make something to take home. Any creative ideas out there for something fun, age appropriate and won't cost me a fortune in supplies? Any interesting game and movie ideas are welcome, too, I really don't want to do the same ol' things everyone else does.
Last year they all decorated their own cakes, but I want to do something new, plus I don't have time to bake and prep the stuff for the cakes.
Painting T-shirts?
Painting/decorating a bag or purse?
Jewlery making?
Clay projects?
Cookies?
Easy candy making... Pretzels stuck into marshmallows dipped in candy melts. Pretzels and cookies dipped into candy melts.
Check out Walmarts craft section to see what they have on clearance kit wise. I know there is a half of an aisle at ours that is clearance stuff.
Maybe they could each make a mini scrapbook. You could print out a few pics of them that night on your printer at home. Or they could decorate a picture frame and put their pic in it. They could use stickers to decorate. According to what kind of frame you chose, they might be able to use sticky-back foam shapes.
I was going to suggest the picture frame too! Take a group shot as soon as everyone is there and print out for them. You can get the foam stuff at Michaels pretty cheap, and it shouldn't make a huge mess either.
I also like the idea of decorating cookies. you can have the cookies and the icings ready and let them go at it.
GOOD LUCK!!
Once when my nieces were visiting I bought some small canvas' and let them paint a picture they could take home and hang on their wall. I framed the picture by gluing ribbon or popsicle sticks around the edges. I let them use regular cheap acrylic paint that's like $1 a bottle.
How about buying each of the girls a plain white pillowcase and having an assortment of fabric markers. Each of the girls can make their own special pillowcase to have from the sleepover.
How about getting some of that puffy fabric paint and some inexpensive white t-shirts or boxers, and letting them decorate them? I believe you need to run an iron over them for a couple of seconds to make them puff, but that shouldn't be too much for you.
I love the pillow case idea! You can also get special paper to transfer images to fabric, you could take a whole group picture add "DD 9th Birthday Sleepover" and print out. You just have to iron the pictures onto the pillowcase, then let the girls go wild decorating.
Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone! I stopped by Walmart and nearly fell in the floor when I saw the price of plain pillowcases!! $9 for 2 plain pillowcases? Am I just cheap or what? But I did find a really cool kit in the crafts department to make 'fashion' wristbands. Everything included to make 12 bands for only $9.88. Looks pretty cool, I sure hope the girls like it!
An idea that we did for my daughter's birthday was to purchase small wooden boxes at walmart for about @2, they were unfinnished and I gave the girls paint, glitter pens, sequins and glue. It was a little messy but they each make a great little box for jewelry, etc that they took home.
Have a fun party
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